Residents near Mudong canal in Wichit, Phuket, are calling for officials to stop wastewater flowing into the canal and out to sea. Dead animals have been found floating on the canal.
Yesterday (August 22) officials from the Environment Office Region 15 Phuket and others inspected the Mudong canal.
Residents said the water is black and has a bad smell all along the
canal. Dead shrimps, crabs and fish have been found floating on it.
The environment office’s Kanchit Sunthornkarn said: “At this stage we
have found that wastewater is coming from sewage produced by the
community. There are housing estates, restaurants and houses.
“We have to control the wastewater problem from the original sources.
The law must be enforced by officers. We still don’t have the technology
to solve wastewater in the canal once it has made its way into the
canal system. If we add more microorganisms, it will be worse.
“For a short-term solution, we have to use natural treatment because the
black water in the canal is caused by the drains. For a longer-term
solution, we have to find the original sources. Wastewater has to be
treated before being released into the canal.”
Source - TheNation
